श्रीशुक उवाच ।
मित्रेयुश्च दिवोदासाच्च्यवनस्तत्सुतो नृप ।
सुदासः सहदेवोऽथ सोमको जन्तुजन्मकृत् ॥ १॥
तस्य पुत्रशतं तेषां यवीयान् पृषतः सुतः ।
(स तस्माद्द्रुपदो जज्ञे सर्वसम्पत्समन्वितः ।)
द्रुपदो द्रौपदी तस्य धृष्टद्युम्नादयः सुताः ॥ २॥
धृष्टद्युम्नाद्धृष्टकेतुर्भार्म्याः पञ्चालका इमे ।
योऽजमीढसुतो ह्यन्य ऋक्षः संवरणस्ततः ॥ ३॥
तपत्यां सूर्यकन्यायां कुरुक्षेत्रपतिः कुरुः ।
परीक्षित्सुधनुर्जह्नुर्निषधाश्वः कुरोः सुताः ॥ ४॥
सुहोत्रोऽभूत्सुधनुषश्च्यवनोऽथ ततः कृती ।
वसुस्तस्योपरिचरो बृहद्रथमुखास्ततः ॥ ५॥
कुशाम्बमत्स्यप्रत्यग्रचेदिपाद्याश्च चेदिपाः ।
बृहद्रथात्कुशाग्रोऽभूदृषभस्तस्य तत्सुतः ॥ ६॥
जज्ञे सत्यहितोऽपत्यं पुष्पवांस्तत्सुतो जहुः ।
अन्यस्यां चापि भार्यायां शकले द्वे बृहद्रथात् ॥ ७॥
ते मात्रा बहिरुत्सृष्टे जरया चाभिसन्धिते ।
जीव जीवेति क्रीडन्त्या जरासन्धोऽभवत्सुतः ॥ ८॥
ततश्च सहदेवोऽभूत्सोमापिर्यच्छ्रुतश्रवाः ।
परीक्षिदनपत्योऽभूत्सुरथो नाम जाह्नवः ॥ ९॥
ततो विदूरथस्तस्मात्सार्वभौमस्ततोऽभवत् ।
जयसेनस्तत्तनयो राधिकोऽतोऽयुतो ह्यभूत् ॥ १०॥
ततश्च क्रोधनस्तस्माद्देवातिथिरमुष्य च ।
ऋष्यस्तस्य दिलीपोऽभूत्प्रतीपस्तस्य चात्मजः ॥ ११॥
देवापिः शन्तनुस्तस्य बाह्लीक इति चात्मजाः ।
पितृराज्यं परित्यज्य देवापिस्तु वनं गतः ॥ १२॥
अभवच्छन्तनू राजा प्राङ्महाभिषसंज्ञितः ।
यं यं कराभ्यां स्पृशति जीर्णं यौवनमेति सः ॥ १३॥
शान्तिमाप्नोति चैवाग्र्यां कर्मणा तेन शन्तनुः ।
समा द्वादश तद्राज्ये न ववर्ष यदा विभुः ॥ १४॥
शन्तनुर्ब्राह्मणैरुक्तः परिवेत्तायमग्रभुक् ।
राज्यं देह्यग्रजायाशु पुरराष्ट्रविवृद्धये ॥ १५॥
एवमुक्तो द्विजैर्ज्येष्ठं छन्दयामास सोऽब्रवीत् ।
तन्मन्त्रिप्रहितैर्विप्रैर्वेदाद्विभ्रंशितो गिरा ॥ १६॥
वेदवादातिवादान् वै तदा देवो ववर्ष ह ।
देवापिर्योगमास्थाय कलापग्राममाश्रितः ॥ १७॥
सोमवंशे कलौ नष्टे कृतादौ स्थापयिष्यति ।
बाह्लीकात्सोमदत्तोऽभूद्भूरिर्भूरिश्रवास्ततः ॥ १८॥
शलश्च शन्तनोरासीद्गङ्गायां भीष्म आत्मवान् ।
सर्वधर्मविदां श्रेष्ठो महाभागवतः कविः ॥ १९॥
वीरयूथाग्रणीर्येन रामोऽपि युधि तोषितः ।
शन्तनोर्दाशकन्यायां जज्ञे चित्राङ्गदः सुतः ॥ २०॥
विचित्रवीर्यश्चावरजो नाम्ना चित्राङ्गदो हतः ।
यस्यां पराशरात्साक्षादवतीर्णो हरेः कला ॥ २१॥
वेदगुप्तो मुनिः कृष्णो यतोऽहमिदमध्यगाम् ।
हित्वा स्वशिष्यान् पैलादीन् भगवान् बादरायणः ॥ २२॥
मह्यं पुत्राय शान्ताय परं गुह्यमिदं जगौ ।
विचित्रवीर्योऽथोवाह काशिराजसुते बलात् ॥ २३॥
स्वयंवरादुपानीते अम्बिकाम्बालिके उभे ।
तयोरासक्तहृदयो गृहीतो यक्ष्मणा मृतः ॥ २४॥
क्षेत्रेऽप्रजस्य वै भ्रातुर्मात्रोक्तो बादरायणः ।
धृतराष्ट्रं च पाण्डुं च विदुरं चाप्यजीजनत् ॥ २५॥
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Śrī Śuka resumed : From (the loins of) Divodāsa appeared Mitreyu; and his sons, O protector of men, were Cyavana, Sudāsa, Sahadeva and Somaka, the father of Jantu. (In fact,) Somaka had a hundred sons, of whom Prṣata was the youngest. His son was Drupada, whose sons (again) were Dhrṣṭadyumna and others; while Draupadī was his daughter. (1-2)
From (the loins of) Dhrṣṭadyumna appeared Dhrṣṭaketu. These are the scions of Bharmyāśwa, also known as the Pañcālas. From (the loins of) Ṛkṣa, who was another son of Ajamiḍha, appeared Saṃvaraṇa. (3)
From his loins appeared, through Tapatī, a daughter of the sun-god, Kuru, the lord of Kuruksetra. Parīkṣit, Sudhanwā, Jahnu and Niṣadhāśwa were the sons of Kuru. (4)
Sudhanwā's son was Suhotra, from whom followed Cyavana; and of Cyavana was born Kṛti. His son was Uparicara Vasu, of whom were born Bṛhadratha and others. (5)
(Of them) Kuśāmba, Matsya, Pratyagra, Cedipa and others were the rulers of the kingdom of Cedi. From (the loins of) Bṛhadratha sprang up Kuśāgra. His son was Ṛṣabha. Of the latter was born a son, Satyahita (by name) whose son was Puṣpavān and the son of the last-named was Jahu. From (the loins of) Bṛhadratha through another wife appeared two halves (of a fully developed human foetus). (6-7)
They were thrown away by the mother and were sportingly joined together by (an ogress named) Jarā, uttering the words "Live ! Live !!" and there appeared the son, Jarāsandha (united by Jarā) (by name). (8)
Of him was born Sahadeva, and from (the loins of) Sahadeva appeared Somāpi, from whom appeared Śrutaśravā. (Of the four sons of Kuru,) Parīkṣit, (the eldest) remained issueless, while Jahu's son was named Suratha. (9)
From the loins of the latter sprang up Vidūratha, of whom Sārvabhauma was born; and from Sārvabhauma followed Jayasena, whose son was Rādhika and from (the loins of) the last-named indeed appeared Ayuta. (10)
From (the loins of) Ayuta, again, sprang up Kṛodhana, of whom was born Devātithi; and his son was Ṛṣya. The son of Ṛṣya was Dilipa whose son, again, was Pratipa. (11)
Devāpi, Śantanu and Bāhlika—these were the sons of Pratipa. Relinquishing his (claim to the) ancestral kingdom, Devāpi, for his part, retired to the forest. (12)
(Hence his younger brother) Śantanu, who was called by the name of Mahābhīṣa (a great physician) in his previous birth, became the king. (Even in that life) whatever old man he touched with his hands would regain his youth and also experience great relief. Through this act of his he came to be known as Śantanu (affording relief to one's body). (Once upon a time) when Indra (the god of rain) did not send down showers in his kingdom for a period of twelve years, Śantanu (on approaching and seeking the advice of Brāhmaṇas) was replied to by the Brāhmaṇas (as follows):—He (too) who (like you) enjoys sovereignty first (in the presence of his elder brother) falls under the category of Parivettā* (and is therefore a sinner in the eyes of the Śāstras). (Hence) return the kingdom at once to your elder brother (Devāpi) for the prosperity of the city as well as of the state (which depends on a good rainfall, the latter having been obstructed by your aforesaid sin)." (13—15)
Thus exhorted by the Brāhmaṇas, Śantanu (approached and) tried to persuade his elder brother (Devāpi) to accept the throne. Having (already) been led away from (the path of) the Vedas by Brāhmaṇas—sent (to him in advance) by Śantanu's minister (Aśmarāṭa)—through their speech (expressing heretical views), Devāpi, however, spoke words blaspheming the teachings of the Vedas. It is then that the god of rain released showers (because Devāpi now became disqualified for the throne due to his apostasy and Śantanu ceased to be guilty any more). Devāpi (who was eventually disillusioned) took to (the practice of) Yoga and took up his abode in Kalāpagraṇa (where he is still residing). (16-17)
When the lunar dynasty gets extinct in Kaliyuga, he will revive it at the dawn of (the following) Satyayuga. From (the loins of) Bāhlīka (Śantanu's younger brother) appeared Somadutta, from whom followed Bhūri, Bhūriśravā and Śala. Śantanu's son by (the goddess presiding over the holy) Gaṅgā (who under a curse from Brahmā got a human form and chose Śantanu for her husband) was Bhīṣma, a man of (perfect) self-control, the foremost among those who knew what is right, a great devotee of the Lord (and) spiritually enlightened (too). (18-19)
He was a (recognized) leader of troops of heroes, by whom even Paraśurāma (his own Guru and a world-renowned warrior) was pleased in battle. From (the loins of) Śantanu through (his other wife) Satyavatī (the foster-daughter of a chief† of Dāśas or ferrymen) appeared a son (named) Citrāṅgada, and (also) a younger son, Vicitravīrya (by name). Citrāṅgada was killed in battle, (while he was still unmarried, by a Gandharva of the same name). Through the same Satyavatī (before she was married to Śantanu) appeared, from the loins of Parāśara, a ray of Śrī Hari Himself in the person of the sage Kṛṣṇa (better known as Kṛṣṇa-Dwaipāyana), by whom the Vedas have been (duly) preserved (by being divided into four books viz., Rk, Yajus, Sāma and Atharva) and from whom I learnt this (Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa, which I am reciting to you). In preference to his own pupils, Paila and others,‡ the divine Bādarāyaṇa taught this supremely esoteric poem (embodying the quintessence of all the Vedas and Itihāsas) to me, his son, tranquil (by nature) as I was. Now, Vicitravīrya married Ambikā and Ambālikā, the two daughters of the king of Kāśī (the modern Banaras), both of whom were carried away by force from the gathering of princes convened (by their father) to give them an opportunity to elect their husband. (With his heart strongly attached to them) Vicitravīrya was caught in the grip of phthisis and died (very young). (20—24)
Enjoined by the mother (Satyavatī), the sage Bādarāyaṇa begot through the wives of his half-brother (Vicitravīrya) Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Pāṇḍu (the former through Ambikā and the latter through Ambālikā) as well as Vidura (through a maid-servant). (25)
(1-25)
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नकुलः सहदेवश्च माद्र्यां नासत्यदस्रयोः ।
द्रौपद्यां पञ्च पञ्चभ्यः पुत्रास्ते पितरोऽभवन् ॥ २८॥
युधिष्ठिरात्प्रतिविन्ध्यः श्रुतसेनो वृकोदरात् ।
अर्जुनाच्छ्रुतकीर्तिस्तु शतानीकस्तु नाकुलिः ॥ २९॥
सहदेवसुतो राजन् श्रुतकर्मा तथापरे ।
युधिष्ठिरात्तु पौरव्यां देवकोऽथ घटोत्कचः ॥ ३०॥
भीमसेनाद्धिडिम्बायां काल्यां सर्वगतस्ततः ।
सहदेवात्सुहोत्रं तु विजयासूत पार्वती ॥ ३१॥
करेणुमत्यां नकुलो नरमित्रं तथार्जुनः ।
इरावन्तमुलुप्यां वै सुतायां बभ्रुवाहनम् ।
मणिपूरपतेः सोऽपि तत्पुत्रः पुत्रिकासुतः ॥ ३२॥
तव तातः सुभद्रायामभिमन्युरजायत ।
सर्वातिरथजिद्वीर उत्तरायां ततो भवान् ॥ ३३॥
परिक्षीणेषु कुरुषु द्रौणेर्ब्रह्मास्त्रतेजसा ।
त्वं च कृष्णानुभावेन सजीवो मोचितोऽन्तकात् ॥ ३४॥
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(And) through (his second wife) Mādrī appeared Nakula and Sahadeva from (the loins of) Nāsatya and Dasra (the two Aświnīkumāras). Of these, five sons, (all) your uncles, were born (one of each) through Draupadī. (28)
Pratīvindhya was born of Yudhiṣṭhira; Śrutasena from Bhimasena, (who was voracious as a wolf) and Śrutakīrti, from Arjuna. Again, Śatānīka was the son of Nakula; while Sahadeva's son, O Parīkṣit, was Śrutakarmā. Besides (these) there were other sons (too). From (the loins of) Yudhiṣṭhira through (his other wife) Pauravī appeared Devaka; from Bhimasena through Hiḍimbā (an ogress) sprang up Ghaṭōtkaca, and from (the selfsame) Bhīma through Kālī (his third wife) appeared Sarvagata. And through Sahadeva, (his second wife) Vijayā, the daughter of Parvata, bore Suhotra. (29—31)
Nakula begot Niramitra through (his second wife) Kareṇumāṭi and Arjuna begot Irāvān indeed through Ulūpī; while through the daughter of the king of Maṇipūra (the modern Manipur in Assam), he begot Babhruvāhana, who though sprung from the loins of Arjuna was recognized as the son of his maternal grandfather (inasmuch as the princess of Manipur was given in marriage to Arjuna on the express understanding that the son born of her would be taken in adoption by her father). (32)
Of Subhadrā (the last wife of Arjuna and the younger sister of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa) was born your father, the valiant Abhimanyu, who conquered all the Atirathas* (great car-warriors who encountered him on the battle-field). And from him through Uttarā appeared you (O Parīkṣit!). (33)
(All) the Kurus (with the exception of the five Pāṇḍava brothers) having perished, you too had (almost) been burnt by the (fierce) blaze of the mystic missile presided over by Brahmā (the creator), released by Aśwatthāmā (the son of Droṇācārya). But by the (supreme) might of Śrī Kṛṣṇa you were rescued alive from (the jaws of) death. (34)
- A car-warrior who encounters numberless adversaries on the battle-field is known as an Atiratha: 'अभिमान् शोधयेद् यस्तु सम्प्रानोऽतिरथस्तु सः'
(28-34)
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तवेमे तनयास्तात जनमेजयपूर्वकाः ।
श्रुतसेनो भीमसेन उग्रसेनश्च वीर्यवान् ॥ ३५॥
जनमेजयस्त्वां विदित्वा तक्षकान्निधनं गतम् ।
सर्पान् वै सर्पयागाग्नौ स होष्यति रुषान्वितः ॥ ३६॥
कावषेयं पुरोधाय तुरं तुरगमेधयाट् ।
समन्तात्पृथिवीं सर्वां जित्वा यक्ष्यति चाध्वरैः ॥ ३७॥
तस्य पुत्रः शतानीको याज्ञवल्क्यात्त्रयीं पठन् ।
अस्त्रज्ञानं क्रियाज्ञानं शौनकात्परमेष्यति ॥ ३८॥
सहस्रानीकस्तत्पुत्रस्ततश्चैवाश्वमेधजः ।
असीमकृष्णस्तस्यापि नेमिचक्रस्तु तत्सुतः ॥ ३९॥
गजाह्वये हृते नद्या कौशाम्ब्यां साधु वत्स्यति ।
उक्तस्ततश्चित्ररथस्तस्मात्कविरथः सुतः ॥ ४०॥
तस्माच्च वृष्टिमांस्तस्य सुषेणोऽथ महीपतिः ।
सुनीथस्तस्य भविता नृचक्षुर्यत्सुखीनलः ॥ ४१॥
परिप्लवः सुतस्तस्मान्मेधावी सुनयात्मजः ।
नृपञ्जयस्ततो दूर्वस्तिमिस्तस्माज्जनिष्यति ॥ ४२॥
तिमेर्बृहद्रथस्तस्माच्छतानीकः सुदासजः ।
शतानीकाद्दुर्दमनस्तस्यापत्यं महीनरः ॥ ४३॥
दण्डपाणिर्निमिस्तस्य क्षेमको भविता नृपः ।
ब्रह्मक्षत्रस्य वै प्रोक्तो वंशो देवर्षिसत्कृतः ॥ ४४॥
क्षेमकं प्राप्य राजानं संस्थां प्राप्स्यति वै कलौ ।
अथ मागधराजानो भवितारो वदामि ते ॥ ४५॥
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Here are your (own) sons, O dear Parikṣit—Janamejaya and others following him, (viz.,) Śrutasena, Bhimasena and Ugrasena; each of them possessed of (great) valour. (35)
Perceiving you to have met your death through (the serpent) Takṣaka, the said Janamejaya, full of rage, will (attract by means of spells and) actually offer serpents as an oblation to the flames in a serpent-sacrifice. Having conquered the entire globe on all sides and appointing Tura, the son of Kavaṣa, as his priest, Janamejaya, (who will be celebrated as) a performer of horse-sacrifices, will propitiate the Lord through a number of (such) sacrifices. (36-37)
His son, Śatānika, will learn the three Vedas and receive the knowledge of rituals from the sage Yājñavalkya and acquire knowledge of (the use of) missiles (from Kṛpācārya) and will attain the highest knowledge (knowledge of the Self) from the sage Śaunaka. (38)
Śatānika's son will be Sahasrānika, and of him will be born Aśwamedhaja. His son, again, will be Aśimakṛṣṇa, whose son on the other hand will be Nemicakra. (39)
On Hastināpura being washed away by the river (Gaṅgā) he will duly settle down in (the city of) Kauśāmbī. The son sprung from his loins is called Citraratha, and of him will be born a son named Kaviratha. (40)
From him, again, will follow Vṛṣṭimān, whose son, Suṣeṇa, of course will be a king. His son will be Sunitha and Sunitha's son will be Nṛcakṣu, from whom will follow Sukhinala. (41)
His son will be Pariplava, from whom will follow Sunaya and his son will be Medhāvi. Medhāvi's son will be Nṛpañjaya, of whom will be born Dūrva and from (the loins of) the latter will appear Timi. (42)
Timi's son will be Bṛhadratha, from whom will follow Sudāsa, and his son will be Śatānika. From (the loins of) Śatānika will appear Durdamana, whose son will be Vahinara. (43)
From Vahinara will follow Daṇḍapāṇi and of Daṇḍapāṇi will be born Nimi, whose son Kṣemaka will be a ruler of men. An account of the line of Pūru, from which sprang up races of (both) Brāhmaṇas and Kṣatriyas, and which is esteemed by gods and Ṛṣis (alike), has indeed been told (by me). (44)
Having reached up to Kṣemaka, this line as a matter of fact will come to an end in (the age of) Kali. Now, I shall enumerate the future kings of Magadha (South Bihar). (45) (35-45)
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भविता सहदेवस्य मार्जारिर्यच्छ्रुतश्रवाः ।
ततोऽयुतायुस्तस्यापि निरमित्रोऽथ तत्सुतः ॥ ४६॥
सुनक्षत्रः सुनक्षत्राद्बृहत्सेनोऽथ कर्मजित् ।
ततः सुतञ्जयाद्विप्रः शुचिस्तस्य भविष्यति ॥ ४७॥
क्षेमोऽथ सुव्रतस्तस्माद्धर्मसूत्रः शमस्ततः ।
द्युमत्सेनोऽथ सुमतिः सुबलो जनिता ततः ॥ ४८॥
सुनीथः सत्यजिदथ विश्वजिद्यद्रिपुञ्जयः ।
बार्हद्रथाश्च भूपाला भाव्याः साहस्रवत्सरम् ॥ ४९॥
इति श्रीमद्भागवते महापुराणे पारमहंस्यां
संहितायां नवमस्कन्धे द्वाविंशोऽध्यायः ॥ २२॥
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The son of Sahadeva (Jarāsandha's son) will be Mārjārī, of whom will be Śrutaśravā. From him will follow Ayutāyu. His son, again, will be Niramitra and his son will be Sunakṣatra. From (the loins of) Sunakṣatra will appear Bṛhatsena, and from him will follow Karmajit. Then will come Sr̥tañjaya and (from the loins of) the latter will spring up Vipra, whose son will be Śuci. Then will come Kṣema, from whom will follow Suvrata. From (the loins of) Suvrata will appear Dharmasūtra, from whom will follow Śama. Then will appear Dyumatsena, and from Dyumatsena will follow Sumati, of whom will be born Subala. (46—48)
Then will come Sunitha, of whom will be born Satyajit. His son will be Viśwajit, from whom will follow Ripuñjaya. And the (said) Bṛhadratha's line will rule for a thousand years. (49)
Thus ends the twenty-second discourse in Book Nine of the great and glorious Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, otherwise known as the Paramahārṣa-Sarhhitā. (46-49)
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